Implications of variation in local perception of degradation and restoration processes for implementing land degradation neutrality

Environmental Development

Volumn 28, Issue , 2018, Pages 42-54

  Crossland, Mary ^a   Winowiecki, Leigh Ann ^b   Pagella, Tim ^a   Hadgu, Kiros ^c   Sinclair, Fergus ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Exclosures; Land degradation neutrality; Land restoration; Local perceptions; Northwest Ethiopia; Participatory mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054749834     PISSN: 22114645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2018.09.005     Document Type: Article

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